republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2025rs/hb-315.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land."
description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary to own, purchase, hold, or develop agricultural land for nonagricultural use provided that the development is completed within five years of acquiring the land; require that a copy of the report required under the provisions of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act be filed with the Department of Agriculture; require the Department of Agriculture to report evidence of noncompliance to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the evidence; allow the Office of the Attorney General to enforce provisions; require that agricultural land found in violation be escheated to the state and be subject to judicial foreclosure; set requirements for disbursement of proceeds of the sale."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "Kentucky HB 315 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Attorney General", "Escheats", "Homeland Security", "International Trade and Relations", "Land Use", "Property", "Real Estate", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f71a4f-6075-4ed5-b8aa-64b6530918cd"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb315.html"
source_hash: "5fe38bbe0738edb8b24a8d7966904e070753757841e85b53577c5de0962e6799"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
---

# Kentucky HB 315 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary to own, purchase, hold, or develop agricultural land for nonagricultural use provided that the development is completed within five years of acquiring the land; require that a copy of the report required under the provisions of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act be filed with the Department of Agriculture; require the Department of Agriculture to report evidence of noncompliance to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the evidence; allow the Office of the Attorney General to enforce provisions; require that agricultural land found in violation be escheated to the state and be subject to judicial foreclosure; set requirements for disbursement of proceeds of the sale.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb315/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 84** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0084.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb315/bill.pdf)

## Votes

- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 315 W/ scs1 sfa3 — **34–2** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** to Agriculture (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Floor Amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 34-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3) `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 89-1 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0f71a4f-6075-4ed5-b8aa-64b6530918cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).